Google to pay $50M to settle racial bias suit by Black employees
Google has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by current and former Black employees...
Joe Tate, Michigan’s first Black House Speaker, launches US Senate campaign
Joe Tate, the former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and a Marine Corps veteran, officially announced Monday that...
Judges across US report anonymous pizza deliveries as intimidation tactic
Federal judges in at least seven states have reported receiving unsolicited pizza deliveries at their homes—a disturbing trend they view...
Who is Carla Hayden, the ‘first woman and African American’ Librarian of Congress
Dr. Carla Diane Hayden made history in July 2016 when the U.S. Senate confirmed her as the 14th Librarian of...
LDF sues US Department of Education over termination of ‘Equity Assistance Center’ grant
The Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and...
Poor heart health raises dementia risk among Black Americans
A new study from the University of Georgia reveals that Black Americans who suffer from both diabetes and hypertension in...
13 EPA civil rights complaints stall amid poultry pollution and environmental justice concerns
Thirteen civil rights complaints filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including one targeting pollution from industrial poultry operations,...
Dispute over Georgia’s post-Census maps returns to federal court
The decades-long battle over Georgia’s political maps drawn after the 2020 Census has reignited after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court...
Five years after George Floyd: Support for ‘Black Lives Matter’ declines as public doubts racial progress
A new report from the Pew Research Center reveals that five years after the killing of George Floyd sparked a...
Memphis leaders call for unity after Tyre Nichols verdict; CBC and LDF issue statements
n the wake of a Tennessee jury's decision to acquit three former Memphis police officers—Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin...
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